Improvement in carpet-bags



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IMPRVEMEN T IN CARPET-BAGS.

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Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. ROBRECHT, of Newark, in the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, have made an Improvement in Travelling-Bags, Valises, and Trunks, especially as regards the partition in the same; and I do hereby declare Vthat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the vaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of this improvement consists -in so arranging said partitions (generally secured and made fast` on the lower side, thus to allow a. free and easy swing,) that they may be instantly and thoroughly detached therefrom, if thewhole room is to be used as one chamber only; as also, in its turn, be replaced again without Vmuch labor.

I have accomplished this arrangement by means of eyes or hooks, fastened to the bag or trunk, and ho s or eyes fastened to the partition in a manner that eachof such hooks and eyes serves as a hinge, and so/bk strut-ted that a disconnection of both may be accomplished when expressly desired; otherwisea voluntary separation cannot take place.

On the lsame plan any number of partitions may be joined to each other, to serve as sample show-cards. Its great utility consists in the easy mode of joining'and separating any one out of the rest.

Figures I and II are illustrations representing my improvement.

Fig. I. a is a travelling-bag, valise, :or trunk, having two eyes fastened to the wire rod d, bottom, or any other -convenient place of the frame. The .partition e is lined at its bottom by a band, f, of thin sheet metal, embracing both sides about one-quarter of an inch, and is destined to stien and strengthen said partition. At the one end ofthe band a hook, g, is fastened, in order to engage the eye c, as a similar hook, z', at the other end, answers the eye b. This last-named hook, however, forms one end of a spring, Z, which oscillates in an excavation,'m, made in the partition, and passes also through a long hole of the band along the edge of said parti` tion, so that the hook may either engage the eye or be withdrawn, whilst the other end, n, ofv said spring is secured to the band.

The operation isv a simple one. I push the hook z' into its eye, and hold the hook g opposite the hole of its eye, and withdraw again, whereby the partition is adjusted. It is obvious, therefore, that byla reciprocate manipulation a reciprocate result willbe obtained. It is easily understood that any number of such hooks and eyes maybe employed, according to the length of the partition, as also the number of the latter may be multiplied if more thantwo chambers should be wanted. For cheapness' sake, the hook z' may be arranged without the spring Z, by bending a piecel of wire in the shape of a hook, as shown in Fig. II, p, so that the eye, by one certain direction given the partition, will have the chance to pass laterally in"to or out ofthe hook through the opening q. y

I have now described my invention, and will state what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, viz

I claim- I 1. The combination of one or more partitions with a travelling-bag, valise, or trunk, produced by means of hooks and eyes, constructed to be employed in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the metallic bandf with the partition e, and also the combination of said band with.

hooks or eyes, employed in the manner and for tbe purpose specified. i

v ANTHONY ROBRECHT.

Witnesses GU'sTAvUs FRANKE, Criss. Krncnnor. 

